12: Isn't my martial uncle's sword beautiful?

Half an hour later.

With a 'click' of the inner room door, Chi Rong walked out alone with hollow eyes and slightly unsteady footsteps.

Having kept her eyes closed for too long, Chi Rong was dazzled by the sunlight outside. She raised her hand to block the suddenly pouring, blinding light, blinking uncomfortably. After adjusting, her gaze immediately fell upon Lu Yang, who seemed to be in a deep sleep on the bed.

Looking at Lu Yang's aged body and feeling that low cultivation of only Qi Refining Third Layer, which she had already checked many times.

An indescribable, complex emotion mixed with humiliation churned in the depths of her heart.

"I, Chi Rong... have actually become the Cauldron for this aged Qi Refining Disciple?"

Looking at Lu Yang's aged face and his sleeping posture, a sense of regret for being deceived, mixed with resentment, suddenly surged into her heart.

This person's Lifespan is clearly coming to an end, yet he sleeps so soundly right now?

If he dies tomorrow, wouldn't the great humiliation she suffered today and the precious Pure Yin Body she sacrificed all go to waste?!

Might as well...

As her thoughts turned, the intent to kill rose again!

A fierce glint flashed in Chi Rong's eyes, and she silently drew her cold sword again. The blade refracted a cold edge under the sunlight. Step by step, she floated like a ghost toward the defenseless Lu Yang, aiming straight for his vital point!

A bone-chilling sense of crisis instantly jolted Lu Yang awake!

He opened his eyes abruptly, meeting Chi Rong's cold, killing-intent-filled eyes that were just inches away!

"J-Junior Martial Uncle?" Lu Yang's voice carried the hoarseness and palpitation of having just woken up.

A temperatureless, chilling smile curled on the corners of Chi Rong's mouth. She pushed the tip of the sword forward an inch, almost pressing against his skin: "Disciple Lu, look... is Junior Martial Uncle's sword good-looking?"

Lu Yang's scalp tingled, and he swallowed with difficulty, squeezing out a dry laugh: "G-good-looking! Junior Martial Uncle's sword... it is absolutely a work of ingenious craftsmanship, definitely not a common item!"

Chi Rong had originally wanted to kill Lu Yang in his sleep; after all, as an Elder, she could not afford to lose face by regretting this afterwards.

Now that she saw she hadn't succeeded, she sat back down on the stone bench in the courtyard with a cold face.

"Phew~ It's a good thing my alertness was high enough, otherwise I would have lost my life here today."

Lu Yang hurriedly climbed up in relief and went into the courtyard, respectfully pouring tea for Chi Rong.

"Thank you, Junior Martial Uncle, for your grace of recreation!" He bowed and said, his voice filled with unconcealable ecstasy, "Thanks to Junior Martial Uncle's great fortune, just now... I accidentally broke through three levels in a row and have reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer!"

"What?!" Chi Rong suddenly looked up, her eyes full of disbelief, "Qi Refining Sixth Layer?!"

She simply did not believe that anyone could break through three Realms in half an hour! In shock and suspicion, she couldn't care less about anything else, grabbed Lu Yang's wrist, and a sharp Divine Sense instantly probed into his Meridians!

Qi Refining Sixth Layer! Genuine and real! Chi Rong was struck as if by lightning, standing frozen on the spot.

Seeing Chi Rong's face full of shock and disbelief, Lu Yang immediately offered the flowers to the Buddha: "Such divine speed is entirely thanks to Junior Martial Uncle's pure and thick primordial yin power, as well as Junior Martial Uncle's precious Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivation!"

If it weren't for Junior Martial Uncle sparing no cost to sacrifice the Pure Yin Body to help, how could this Disciple have such fortune?

"Junior Martial Uncle, this grace and virtue, this Disciple will engrave in my heart! This Disciple swears today that I will exhaust all my life's knowledge of Alchemy to refine that spirit replenishing pill for Junior Martial Uncle!"

The result of the Divine Sense probe exploded in Chi Rong's mind like a thunderclap. Hope... regained! Even faster and more intense than expected!

The huge impact instantly diluted the humiliation and unwillingness, causing her long-extinguished thoughts to burn fiercely again.

Lu Yang had not only Harvested Chi Rong's primordial yin after the recent Cultivation, but also purified his Metal, Earth, and Water Spiritual Roots to the Qi Refining Great Perfection.

At this moment, only the Wood Spirit Root Realm was the lowest, at Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

When Cultivating last night, because he fainted halfway through, the Spiritual Roots were not synchronized in the end. Mu Wanqing reached the Qi Refining 7th Layer, while he was still at the Qi Refining 6th Layer.

So now Lu Yang's cultivation was also at the 6th layer of Qi Refining. He only needed to find Mu Wanqing for Dual Cultivation again tonight, and he could rise to the Qi Refining 7th Layer. If he gave Mu Wanqing a few more azure spirit pills, rising to the Qi Refining 8th Layer was not impossible.

Realizing that he might break through consecutively recently, Lu Yang had a flash of inspiration, and a bolder idea suddenly popped up!

Seeing Chi Rong with a complex expression opposite him, Lu Yang suddenly leaned forward with a thick face: "Junior Martial Uncle... look, helping this Disciple Cultivate this time actually had such great benefits. If Junior Martial Uncle is willing to help this Disciple Cultivate once every day, then this Disciple's Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment is just around the corner! By then, refining the spirit replenishing pill for the Elder, wouldn't it be easy? So why not... Junior Martial Uncle, let's become Dao Companions!"

"Wishful thinking!" Before he could finish, he was sternly interrupted by Chi Rong!

She stood up abruptly like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her face covered in frost, her eyes full of shame and anger, "This seat is a dignified Outer Sect Elder. If I were to become Dao Companions with an old man like you who is nearing the end of his life and has low cultivation, wouldn't I become a laughingstock of the Sect?!"

Lu Yang was unhappy when he heard this. He was only in his twenties when he transmigrated from Blue Star. No matter how one calculated it now, he hadn't reached the level of an old man.

"What old man, this Disciple is only in his twenties."

Chi Rong was startled: "What did you say? In your twenties???"

Lu Yang hurriedly changed his words to remedy: "Uh, this Disciple meant that I have been studying Alchemy for over twenty years!"

Chi Rong: "..."

Seeing that he had fooled her, Lu Yang continued to persuade: "Junior Martial Uncle, you also know that the Alchemy Realm is not so easy to improve. But it is true that the Realm improvement was so great after Dual Cultivation with you today. So if Junior Martial Uncle comes to help this Disciple Cultivate once every day... after this Disciple reaches Foundation Establishment and can refine Third-stage Advanced Medicinal Pills, I will definitely refine the Medicinal Pill to repair the Spiritual Roots for Junior Martial Uncle at the first opportunity."

"Shut up!" Chi Rong was already impatient. She picked up the cup of tea that Lu Yang had respectfully offered on the table, drank it in one gulp, and then slammed the teacup upside down on the stone table!

"Bang!" A crisp sound, like a signal to cut off everything.

She, of course, knew what Lu Yang was thinking. That greedy face, it was understood without saying.

【 Chi Rong Good and Evil Value - 20 】

Chi Rong stood up immediately, didn't even look at Lu Yang, turned around, and left without looking back. As she was leaving, Lu Yang faintly heard a cold snort.